My fame as An Important Blogger has apparently spread beyond the realm of the living into the nether regions. A few days ago, I got a call from Death himself. His text, asking for a “one-on-one” interview popped right up… Read More ›
Fiction
LATE LUNCH – RICH PASCHALL
The Old Ball Team, by Rich Paschall When they started the monthly get-together it was almost 15 years earlier. There were a dozen of them then, and two of the “boys” had already retired. They had all known each other… Read More ›
AT THE OLD BALLGAME – A REBLOG THAT’S RIGHT ON TARGET – By RICH PASCHALL
With the Red Sox down in St. Pete playing the Rays who this year, are very much IN it as we head into playoff time, this seemed like a very appropriate rerun. Harold takes a road trip to the Trop,… Read More ›
THE TALE OF THE LAST BABY ASPIRIN – BY TOM CURLEY
This is a children’s story, a children’s story for older people. Once upon a time, there was a bottle of baby aspirin. It contained a few hundred baby aspirins. They didn’t know they were in an aspirin bottle. They didn’t… Read More ›
THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
#FSS: Fandango’s Story Starter #2 ANECDOTAL PREVIEW Oh my, the memories this brings back! In a good way. While I worked at Doubleday, we had a big office in which worked 12 writers, probably six editors, and at least nine or… Read More ›
A QUICK TALE OF HOOK & PAN
“Shiver me timbers,” shouted Hook as, once again, Peter Pan eluded his grasp. “Shiver me what?” teased Pan. “What timbers? Where?” “You know,” said Hook. “Timbers. Like … I don’t know … the timbers on a roof. What do I… Read More ›
BE CAREFUL, DAD
A Father and Son story, by Rich Paschall The knocking on the door was expected. Jack got up, shuffled across the room, and opened the door for his neighbor. “Well, old-timer, I hope you have the coffee ready,” the guest… Read More ›
WHO ARE YOU? FAMILY TO STRANGER, OVERNIGHT
A family of strangers story by Rich Paschall Russell was home from the university, perhaps for the last time. He finally graduated after four and a half years and a double major from the School of Business. He lived at… Read More ›
OVER AND OUT: FICTION – By RICH PASCHALL
A family story by Rich Paschall It was not like Billy’s dad to just walk into his room. At 17 years old he really expected his parents to knock first. He quickly closed out of his chat and turned around… Read More ›
THE WATER BILL: A BIT OF FICTION
Maggie stood in the kitchen looking at the water bill in astonishment. $5,000 dollars? Were they kidding? She looked at the usage. Half a million gallons? That was the size of a lake. A pretty big lake. “That’s insane,” she… Read More ›
HOW HARRY POTTER CHANGED THE WORLD
Loving to Read by Rich Paschall In an introduction to the 8th movie, celebrated author of the seven Harry Potter books, J.K. Rowling, talked about the 13-year adventure from the time the first Harry Potter book was published until the… Read More ›
SOUP AND SANDWICH – RICH PASCHALL
There were many stories about Harold, the persnickety planner from the Midwest who retired to an orderly life in Florida. This pre-pandemic adventure was the first. Everyone who knew Harold would agree; he was an orderly man. Everything about his… Read More ›
